It doesn't seem like best practice, no. Some companies just aren't there yet. There are two local weekies here; one has an attractive, well-thought-out website which archives past issues and is easy to navigate. The other has a page that says "Under Construction." Which they advertise, just cause they are cool like that, having a website and all.
But then Best Buy is a whole lot bigger; wonder what their excuse is. Dana Angel Stewart writes: > I've been using Bestbuy recently to check what the hot products are in > the states right now for a little webstore I am trying to get set up > with products. > > Hmm...you're right. > > IT isnt' as devestating as if they were an Online Only store, they have > a brick and mortar foundation. > > But is this sort of thing what one would 'typically' expect when this > much work is done to a site and it goes live? > Is it a concious decision," We can *afford* to go down for a week until > we work out the kinks" > Or is it abnormal? > > And why...if a system is already up and working..would one shut down > that aspect of the business to implement a new system? > Wouldn't running them in parallel for a short time until the changeover > occurs be a better solution? > > Anyone been part of a big site changeover like this to say how things > go? :) > > Muffins? Muffins anyone? > ?? > ??? > ???? > > ^_^ > > -Gel > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Gel, why are you so fascinated with BestBuy? Do you have a vested > interest or something ;) > > Obviously they've made a major decision to completely shut down (in the > beginning), then announce a "re-opening". Sure they are having technical > difficulties ... But it's not as if they are offering a service you > can't live without ... Like an online banking system. > > It's a gamble they are taking as customers that would normally turn to > them to buy stuff, have to go elsewhere ... But they aren't leaving > customers with problems or current orders adrift. They can still call in > and talk to customer service. > > Remember, sometimes bad publicity is good publicity. > > Now there's going to be an influx of people rushing back to see what the > hub bub was all about ;) > > Cheers, > Erika > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
